Election 2026

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Issue record

Congressional stock trading, lobbying and money in politics

In short

Brown's campaign would bar members of Congress and their spouses from trading stocks, and members from lobbying after office. Husted's office releases and campaign site list no position; he cosponsored the Stop Insider Trading Act. Levy's campaign would outlaw corporate lobbying and political donations; Redpath's lists no position on the pages checked. Brown cosponsored trading bans that did not pass and voted for the 2012 STOCK Act, which requires trade reports, not a ban.

Campaign positions

What each campaign says.

Sherrod Brown

His campaign says members of Congress and their spouses should be banned from trading stocks, and that members should not be able to become lobbyists after leaving office.

Jon Husted

No statement on congressional stock trading or lobbying was found in the 253 press releases and 13 op-eds his Senate office published from February 2025 to September 2026, or on his campaign site. On the record, he is an original cosponsor of S. 4134, the Stop Insider Trading Act, introduced in March 2026; that is a cosponsorship, not a statement.

Greg Levy

His platform calls for outlawing corporate lobbying and political donations, and for setting the salary of members of Congress at the minimum wage.

William B. Redpath

No position on congressional stock trading or lobbying was found on his campaign's About, What I Stand For or Media pages; his electoral-reform section is about how votes are counted.

Evidence timeline

What the record shows.

  1. official action

    Sherrod Brown: Matches stated direction

    He cosponsored unpassed trading bans and backed the 2012 STOCK Act on insider trading/disclosure, not a trading ban. His record on the lobbying ban was not checked.

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    His campaign says no member of Congress, and no member's spouse, should be able to trade stocks, and that members should not be able to become lobbyists after leaving office. In the Senate he was an original cosponsor of the ETHICS Act, S. 1171, in 2023, which would have barred members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children from trading or owning stocks; it was placed on the Senate calendar and never voted on. He cosponsored Senator Jeff Merkley's Ban Conflicted Trading Act in three Congresses: S. 3718 in 2018, S. 1393 in 2019 and S. 564 in 2021. None passed. Earlier he cosponsored the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, S. 1903, in 2011, and on February 2, 2012 voted Yea when the Senate passed the STOCK Act, S. 2038, 96 to 3 (Roll Call 14); it became Public Law 112-105 on April 4, 2012. That law says members of Congress are not exempt from the insider-trading laws and requires them to report their trades; it does not ban trading. Limit: Cosponsoring is not enacting, and none of the bills that would ban trading passed. The one law he voted for, the STOCK Act, is about insider trading and disclosure, which goes the way of his position without being the ban he now calls for. These answer the stock-trading half of the position; this desk did not search his record on the lobbying ban.

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Sources16 source records

How we use sources

  1. Our Fighthttps://www.sherrodbrown.com/our-fight/

    Friends of Sherrod Brown · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. The site's only issues page: health insurance, drug prices, data centers, utility rates, and congressional stock trading and lobbying. Its lines about his opponent are out of scope here.

    candidate statement

    For: Sherrod Brown: campaign position; Sherrod Brown: Matches stated direction

  2. New ad: Sherrod Brown calls for congressional stock trading banhttps://www.sherrodbrown.com/2026/06/09/new-ad-sherrod-brown-calls-for-congressional-stock-trading-ban/

    Friends of Sherrod Brown · Published Jun 9, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. Includes the ad's transcript.

    candidate statement

    For: Sherrod Brown: campaign position; Sherrod Brown: Matches stated direction

  3. Press releaseshttps://www.husted.senate.gov/media/press-releases/

    Office of Senator Jon Husted · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Released by his Senate office. Claims are the office's own and are attributed, not independently verified. All 253 releases from February 18, 2025 to September 17, 2026 and all 13 op-eds were read in full through the site's public WordPress API on September 23, 2026; the counts are the API's own totals for items published before September 18, 2026. Searched for stock trading (no hit in 266 texts), trade and tariffs, Social Security, pensions and data centers.

    candidate statement

    For: Jon Husted: campaign position

  4. Campaign home pagehttps://www.jonhustedforsenate.com/

    Husted for Senate · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. Footer reads "Paid for by Husted for Senate"; the site links the campaign's X account @TeamHusted and three Facebook pages by number. The FEC committee record gives www.jonhusted.com, which forwards here. The site has no issues page and its /coalitions/ page returns 404.

    candidate statement

    For: Jon Husted: campaign position

  5. S. 4134, Stop Insider Trading Act, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4134

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor: Pete Ricketts, introduced March 18, 2026; Jon Husted an original cosponsor. Referred to committee.

    official legislative record

    For: Jon Husted: campaign position

  6. Our Platformhttps://www.greg4senate.com/platform

    Greg Levy for Senate · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. A 2,836-word platform, the whole of his issue material.

    candidate statement

    For: Greg Levy: campaign position

  7. Who is Bill Redpath?https://billredpath.com/about/

    Redpath for US Senate Committee · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. Footer reads "Paid for by the Redpath for US Senate Committee"; the FEC committee record gives BILLREDPATH.COM. Its social links point at the bare instagram.com, facebook.com and x.com domains, so no handle is established.

    candidate statement

    For: William B. Redpath: campaign position

  8. What I Stand Forhttps://billredpath.com/faq/

    Redpath for US Senate Committee · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. The site's issues page, served at /faq/: Iran, tariffs, immigration, the debt and entitlements, federal spending, taxes and electoral reform.

    candidate statement

    For: William B. Redpath: campaign position

  9. Mediahttps://billredpath.com/latest-news/

    Redpath for US Senate Committee · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. Links to interviews and news coverage; read for statements, none on the subjects where he is recorded as silent.

    candidate statement

    For: William B. Redpath: campaign position

  10. S. 1171, Ending Trading and Holdings In Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1171

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor: Jeff Merkley; Brown an original cosponsor. Its title: to prevent members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children from trading stocks and owning stocks. Placed on the Senate calendar; never voted on.

    official legislative record

    For: Sherrod Brown: Matches stated direction

  11. S. 3718, Ban Conflicted Trading Act, 115th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/3718

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor: Jeff Merkley; Brown a cosponsor. Did not pass.

    official legislative record

    For: Sherrod Brown: Matches stated direction

  12. S. 1393, Ban Conflicted Trading Act, 116th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1393

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor: Jeff Merkley; Brown a cosponsor. Did not pass.

    official legislative record

    For: Sherrod Brown: Matches stated direction

  13. S. 564, Ban Conflicted Trading Act, 117th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/564

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor: Jeff Merkley; Brown a cosponsor. Did not pass.

    official legislative record

    For: Sherrod Brown: Matches stated direction

  14. S. 1903, Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, 112th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1903

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor: Kirsten Gillibrand; Brown a cosponsor from November 30, 2011. The Senate passed S. 2038 instead.

    official legislative record

    For: Sherrod Brown: Matches stated direction

  15. Senate Roll Call 14 (112th Congress), S. 2038, STOCK Act, on passage as amendedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CREC-2012-02-02

    Congressional Record, U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Passed 96 to 3. Read from the Record's printed roll call; the name blocks, block headers and announced tally all agree.

    official legislative record

    For: Sherrod Brown: Matches stated direction

  16. S. 2038, STOCK Act, 112th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/2038

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor: Joseph Lieberman. Became Public Law 112-105.

    official legislative record

    For: Sherrod Brown: Matches stated direction